Sunday, September 16, 2007

Super Initiative Man

Meh. Here's the second trading card I did. It's ok, but I really wanted something bold and dynamic. This guy is very classic 1950's comic book retro and I don't think he pops off the card as much as the first card did. In retrospect, the blue background is just to calm and peaceful. But with that much red in his suit, not many other colors worked as a background. I'd started a non-abstract background with buildings but wasn't going to be able to finish it in time for this card. Plus it added too much gray given the gray cape, which also covers so much of the background that it would have been a waste. To top it off, somehow this card was printed slightly larger than the last one, making it look like the card was a full bleed that had a trimming mistake, instead of having the regular white border of the last card.

Again I just didn't put the time into it that I wanted to. Hopefully with most of a month ahead of me I can get the third one going in time to mostly achieve what I want. I've got three decent sketches of female superheros but we're trying hard to keep it exciting for boys. I think I'm going to divert more substantially from kid's sketches and just use them as rough ideas.

About Me

Hi. My name is Jon Adair and I'm a geek. This is my oft-neglected personal blog.

I'm the co-founder of Thinkamingo where we build fun and educational mobile apps. I do product planning, coding, graphic design, and marketing. I'm married with two homeschooled kids, so there's very little "free time" outside of their activities. I've been active in several ministries at Van Dyke United Methodist Church especially children's ministry. I am also a ham (AI4DG) and do disaster relief and community service volunteer work through several organizations.